rusca

Morphologically rus +‎ -ca.

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rusca

1. in Russian

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈrus.ka/, [ˈrʊs̠kä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈrus.ka/, [ˈruskä]

From Gaulish rusca, from Proto-Celtic *rūskos (“bark”), from Proto-Indo-European *HrewH- (“to dig”).

rusca f (genitive ruscae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) bark

First-declension noun.

• Catalan: rusc
• Old French: rusche
  • Middle French: rusche
    • French: ruche
      • → English: ruche
      • → German: Rüsche
      • → Italian: ruche
      • → Polish: riusza
  • Norman: ruche
• Old Occitan: rusca
• Lombard: rusca, rusc
• Piedmontese: rusca

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

rusca

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of ruscum

• rusca in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

From Early Medieval Latin rusca (“bark”).

rusca f

1. bark, peel

From Medieval Latin rusca (“bark”).

rusca f

1. bark